Frank Westheimer's Early Demonstration of Enzymatic SpecificityAddison AultReviews one of the most significant accomplishments of one of the most respected chemists of the 20th centurya series of stereospecific enzymatic oxidation and reduction experiments that led chemists to recognize enantiotopic and diastereotopic relationships of atoms, or groups of atoms, within molecules. Ault, Addison. J. Chem. Educ.2008, 85, 1246.

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A Simple Method for Drawing Chiral Mononuclear Octahedral Metal ComplexesAminou Mohamadou and Arnaud HaudrechyThis article presents a simple and progressive method to draw all of the octahedral complexes of coordination units with at least two different monodentate ligands and show their chiral properties.Mohamadou, Aminou; Haudrechy, Arnaud. J. Chem. Educ.2008, 85, 436.

Diels–Alder Synthesis of endo-cis-N-Phenylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-en-2,3-dicarboximideMarsha R. Baar and Kristin Wustholzendo-cis-N-Phenylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-en-2,3-dicarboximide was synthesized by a DielsAlder cycloaddition of 1,3-cyclohexadiene and N-phenylmaleimide in ethyl acetate. 1,3-Cyclohexadiene and N-phenylmaleimide were selected to illustrate the Alder rule, which reflects a preference for endo products and to overcome the difficulties associated with the traditional combination of 1,3-cyclopentadiene and maleic anhydride. Baar, Marsha R.; Wustholz, Kristin. J. Chem. Educ.2005, 82, 1393.